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Sara Griffith, LMFT

  • Experience20 years
  • LocationCalifornia
  • Focus areasADHD, Relationship, and Family
  • Therapy approachesAttachment-Based Therapy and Motivational Interviewing
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About Sara

Sara Griffith is a California-based Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with two decades of clinical experience. She works with people navigating relationship and family concerns, parenting challenges, mood disorders such as depression and bipolar, anxiety and stress, grief, trauma and abuse, and ADHD.

Background and approach

Her practice also addresses specific family dynamics including attachment issues, adoption and foster care, blended family and fatherhood concerns, postpartum depression, and patterns like codependency and commitment worries. Her approach is collaborative and strengths-oriented, drawing on attachment-based ideas to explore how earlier relationships shape current patterns and on solution-focused techniques to identify practical steps forward.

Motivational Interviewing informs her work when clients face ambivalence or need support finding motivation for change. Sara aims to create a supportive, empowering atmosphere that helps clients move out of stuck places and build skills for everyday life.

Based in California, she brings an experienced, compassionate perspective to common and complex life transitions. Prospective clients seeking help with parenting, relationship repair, mood concerns, ADHD-related challenges, or family system difficulties will find a clinician who blends clinical training with a practical, hopeful style.

Online approaches that support attachment and change



Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early relationships shape current patterns and helps clients understand and change interactions that affect connection and trust; it is useful for family conflicts, attachment issues, and parenting concerns. Motivational Interviewing focuses on resolving ambivalence and strengthening personal motivation - it helps clients clarify goals and commit to manageable changes when they feel stuck or uncertain.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process and happens collaboratively. The therapist will discuss client goals, preferences, and life context to determine which methods or combinations are most likely to help. Sessions can be adjusted over time as needs evolve to emphasize practical strategies, deeper relational work, or motivational support.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, making it easier to fit care into busy schedules and varied locations within California. These formats allow for consistent contact and adaptable pacing, letting clients engage in therapy in ways that match their routines and comfort levels while working with a licensed professional.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does Sara address?
She works with relationship and family issues, parenting difficulties, mood concerns such as depression and bipolar, anxiety and stress, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem challenges, and ADHD among other related areas.
What is her therapeutic style and approach?
Her style is positive and empowering, using attachment-based perspectives, Motivational Interviewing, and Solution-Focused Therapy to help clients identify strengths and practical steps forward.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 20 years of professional experience working in clinical settings with individuals and families.
Where is she licensed and located?
Sara holds the credential CA LMFT 33532 as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and practices in California.
Does she offer services in other languages or to international clients?
She provides services in English and is not currently accepting international clients.
Which session formats are available?
Clients can work with her via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on preference and availability.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What steps are involved in beginning therapy?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Relationship issuesFamily conflictsParenting issuesCoping with life changes

Also works with

Stress, AnxietyTrauma and abuseGriefSelf esteemBipolar disorderDepressionADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAttachment issuesBlended family issuesCodependencyCommitment issuesDependent personalityDivorce and separationFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesForgivenessIsolation / lonelinessJealousyPostpartum depressionPregnancy and childbirthWomen's issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyMotivational InterviewingSolution-Focused Therapy

Experience

20+ years

Licensed

California

Languages

English

What Sara can help with

Sara Griffith works with clients on relationship issues, family conflicts, parenting issues, and coping with life changes.

Sara works with children and families here and in the Midwest.

Sara works with individuals and families with infants and young children in the adjustment to parenthood or in the challenges that come with caring for a young child.

How Sara approaches therapy

Sara's clinical approaches include Attachment-Based Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Solution-Focused Therapy.

Experience and training

Sara is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist practicing in California.